Haynesworth: I'm playing

Albert Haynesworth missed the past two games with a sprained left ankle, but the All-Pro defensive tackle just told me, “Print this. I’m definitely playing this week.”

Haynesworth made a rare appearance in the locker room today. I ventured over to him and asked how his ankle was doing. He said he wouldn’t tell me.

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Resigned to not getting anything from Haynesworth I moved a couple of lockers over to Reed Doughty. As Reed was answering my first question, all of a sudden there was a deep voice in my ear. It was Haynesworth delivering the scoop in my ear. So here it is.

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David Elfin has been following Washington-area sports teams since the late 1960s. David began his journalism career at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., history) and Syracuse University (M.S., telecommunications). He wrote for the Bulletin (Philadelphia), the Post-Standard (Syracuse) and The Washington Post before coming to The Washington Times in 1986. He has covered colleges, the Orioles ...